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they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there in the same numbers at all. i have this theory that the night obama won the election in 2008 was the night he appeared with rick warren who put his arms around him and said i don't agree with everything he says but he is all right. if you look at the numbers in 2008 what changed was the republicans stayed home because they didn't think he was the antichrist. now they think he is the antichrist again so they will turn out and it is not clear that obama's base will turn out and will be a much tougher election which is why all the more crazy people like ralph nader and alexander cockburn are advocating for somebody to challenge him as an independent or with the democratic party. that is how incumbents lose. they lose because they are challenged from within. that is how jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy and lyndon johnson was challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president the is to fight 2001. even if i disagree with obama and thought he was terrible i would be against challenging him
they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there in the same numbers at all. i have this theory that the night obama won the election in 2008 was the night he appeared with rick warren who put his arms around him and said i don't agree with everything he says but he is all right. if you look at the numbers in 2008 what changed was the republicans stayed home because they didn't think he was the antichrist. now they think he is the antichrist again so they will turn out and it is not...
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that's one of the big dangers, the risks. i still think we have to do it because i think if you have been able to crush in gaza it would've been terrible. but that being said, we just don't know a lot about that society and out it's organized. >> thank you. >> to my -- can my friend jonathan asked -- he had his hand up. 's. >> please come to the mic because this is on c-span. come to the mic. [laughter] >> take orders. >> don't have trouble with authority. [laughter] >> thank you. frank, you alluded to charles tilly, and i understand, and agree with much of what you say about that but what you have an overture and i'm not offering another generation that you have to venture into is how did the phenomenon of for an interesting war in particular a fact the evolution of systems as you see it? or is that something -- >> in tri-state building but it doesn't seek to drive state-building after you get a state. it continues. look at the city. there's this big five sided building sitting next to the potomac river. where did that come
that's one of the big dangers, the risks. i still think we have to do it because i think if you have been able to crush in gaza it would've been terrible. but that being said, we just don't know a lot about that society and out it's organized. >> thank you. >> to my -- can my friend jonathan asked -- he had his hand up. 's. >> please come to the mic because this is on c-span. come to the mic. [laughter] >> take orders. >> don't have trouble with authority....
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that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i can do that. i can be part of it. israel and american jews i want my big issues like pay a lot of attention to it. obama blue in the middle east. there's a very long question. how would one possess obama's dealings with netanyahu and what can we expect from hamas agreement, is that basically it? and egypt. i don't know about egypt. he blew it with regard to the middle east because he started out as he's done altogether too often for many of our cas
that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience....
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they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there at all, and the second thing is i have a theory that's unprovable that the night obama won the election in 2008 is the night he appears with rick warren. he said i don't agree with what he all says, but he's already. if you look at the numbers in 2008, the republicans stayed home more than the democrats turned out because they didn't think testifies the anti-christ, but now they think he is, and so they'll turn out again. it's not clear that obama's face is going to turn out, and it's going to be a tough election which is why it's all the more crazy that people like nader are still getting somebody to challenge him either as an independent or within the democratic party. that's how incumbents lose because they are challenged from within. carter was challenged by kennedy. johnson challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose a presidency is to have to fight two battles at once. as much as i -- even if i disagree with obama and thought hefsz terrible, i would be as
they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there at all, and the second thing is i have a theory that's unprovable that the night obama won the election in 2008 is the night he appears with rick warren. he said i don't agree with what he all says, but he's already. if you look at the numbers in 2008, the republicans stayed home more than the democrats turned out because they didn't think testifies the anti-christ, but now they think he is, and so they'll turn out again. it's not clear...
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chop big, quench big. which is, obviously, addressed to our humpty dumptieses who eat up a nation's resources indifferent to the consequences. chop means eat. eat small, die small. quench means die. but eat big, die big. that shorthand rivals its prophetic succinctness another of my all-time favorites. the hurricane of change. it seems to be the favorite, also, of all the west african countries i've visited, and it goes "no condition is permanent." yes, we're speaking of those voices of the frustrated and disenfranchised whose -- [inaudible] seize the opportunity of barack obama's avenn dense into power in the united states to launch a song that went, "it is easier for a law to become president of the united states than to be president of uganda." the language of that song was played enough for even the dumbest audiences, but the lesson was not taken to heart. uganda underwent the most horrifying outbreak of urban violence bordering on the very collapse of humanity. and yet others had also warned in extend
chop big, quench big. which is, obviously, addressed to our humpty dumptieses who eat up a nation's resources indifferent to the consequences. chop means eat. eat small, die small. quench means die. but eat big, die big. that shorthand rivals its prophetic succinctness another of my all-time favorites. the hurricane of change. it seems to be the favorite, also, of all the west african countries i've visited, and it goes "no condition is permanent." yes, we're speaking of those voices...
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he's a big star. he's got the biggest show on al-jazeera. he's the global spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood. he's a guy who has said we will conquer the west. this is a guy with probably tens of millions adherence who watch his show, muslims, we will conquer the west not through violent jihad through fatwa. we will do it nonviolently through demographics, demographics there and we're building mosques, we're proselytizing, that's how we're going to conquer the west and that's what they're saying. it's great osama bin laden one of the leaders of the violent wing of the jihadists is gone. it's a great day. but much, much broader than him. much broader than al-qaeda. this administration has tunnel vision. when they talk about the war on terror, i call the war against fascism, islamim, they are talking strictly about al-qaeda. the brotherhood is the granddaddy of them all in terms of islamic terrorist groups and they're only getting stronger and stronger. iran another topic, hezbollah it's so much broader than al-qaeda. >> host: you know
he's a big star. he's got the biggest show on al-jazeera. he's the global spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood. he's a guy who has said we will conquer the west. this is a guy with probably tens of millions adherence who watch his show, muslims, we will conquer the west not through violent jihad through fatwa. we will do it nonviolently through demographics, demographics there and we're building mosques, we're proselytizing, that's how we're going to conquer the west and that's what...
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a big story about this because politically this was a hot potato. then there is the eisenhower doctrine. in a four hour meeting with congressional leaders who else but dwight eisenhower can hold a 40 hour meeting on new year's day. eisenhower presented resolutions to those leaders endorsing military and economic aid to the middle east and if necessary military intervention by the united states. the house passed a resolution on january 30th, the same day that there was a state visit. now, he insisted that the president come to the airport to greet him, something that he had never done with any other foreign leader. but saudi oil had its clout. he finally agreed to go. he grumbled now he would have to agree everybody at the airport in the future. the eisenhower doctrine passed the senate on march 5th. in a breathtaking two months the white eisenhower persuaded the congress and the and the states to dramatically reorient american policy toward the middle east. the eisenhower doctrine command in the united states to replacing the british as the security
a big story about this because politically this was a hot potato. then there is the eisenhower doctrine. in a four hour meeting with congressional leaders who else but dwight eisenhower can hold a 40 hour meeting on new year's day. eisenhower presented resolutions to those leaders endorsing military and economic aid to the middle east and if necessary military intervention by the united states. the house passed a resolution on january 30th, the same day that there was a state visit. now, he...
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his public purse, the grandfatherly man with a big smile and the love of golf was largely his personal intervention. behind the scenes he was strategically rigorous and a tough-minded commander in chief. the people who work for him never doubted who was in charge. eisenhower was a citizen of the world more than any other president. yet he never forgot where he came from and that's why his presidential library is an abilene kansas, close to where i live. he was not a professional politician yet he was one of the most successful politicians in history and supremely protective of his hero's image. he did not hesitate to use subordinates like secretary of state john foster dulles as lightning rods for controversial policies that were in fact his creation. eisenhower had a wild temper. a timber that exploded like a rocket, but at a tense moment requiring great decisions he was unfailingly cool, koln and deliver it. this was a profoundly religious man who had prayer at the beginning of cabinet meetings. yet when the famous temporary rot income he could turn the air blue with soldierly profan
his public purse, the grandfatherly man with a big smile and the love of golf was largely his personal intervention. behind the scenes he was strategically rigorous and a tough-minded commander in chief. the people who work for him never doubted who was in charge. eisenhower was a citizen of the world more than any other president. yet he never forgot where he came from and that's why his presidential library is an abilene kansas, close to where i live. he was not a professional politician yet...
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there's a big story about this because politically this was a hot potato, too. then there's the eisenhower doctrine. in a four-hour meeting with congressional leaders on new year's day 1957, who else but dwight eisenhower would hold a four-hour meeting with congressional leaders on new year's day? eisenhower presented a resolution to those leaders endorsing military and economic aid to the middle east. and if necessary, military intervention by the united states. the house passed the resolution on january 30th, the same day that ike paraded the king from saudi arabia before cameras on a state visit. he insisted that the president come to the airport to greet him. that's something that ike had never done with any other foreign leader. but saudi oil had its cloud in those days too and ike agreed to do. and he grumbled to ann whitman now he'd suppose he would have to greet everybody in the future. once israel agreed to withdraw from egypt, the eisenhower doctrine passed the senate on march 5th. in a breast taking 2 months, dwight eisenhower persuaded the congress o
there's a big story about this because politically this was a hot potato, too. then there's the eisenhower doctrine. in a four-hour meeting with congressional leaders on new year's day 1957, who else but dwight eisenhower would hold a four-hour meeting with congressional leaders on new year's day? eisenhower presented a resolution to those leaders endorsing military and economic aid to the middle east. and if necessary, military intervention by the united states. the house passed the resolution...
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you see the big picture. we use it more in the future but you are on the cutting edge of doing that. also, you did not know if you were going to see your purchase paper you trained for this sander there, but fell whole thing what do we do with the women in our unit? >> talk about that. it is the theme going through the book. >> guest: i joined the marine corps during peacetime to the understanding i would never really go to combat from the recruiters you will take the oath that honestly you will be sent to the work unit. >> but i took that seriously thinking if i do have to go to combat, i will do my duty. so in november 20,002,000,000 it started to come up with the idea we would go to iraq. my commanding officer pulls the two female officers and says look, by order of congress you are not allowed to go with us to combat because we will push ahead of the infantry and doing untraditional operations putting us ahead of a ground forces. i will fight to get you to kuwait i have told headquarters of the 13 that ar
you see the big picture. we use it more in the future but you are on the cutting edge of doing that. also, you did not know if you were going to see your purchase paper you trained for this sander there, but fell whole thing what do we do with the women in our unit? >> talk about that. it is the theme going through the book. >> guest: i joined the marine corps during peacetime to the understanding i would never really go to combat from the recruiters you will take the oath that...
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you are, basically, you are seeping the big picture -- seeing the big picture of what's going on. that's unusual. you said we'll use it more in the future, but you were on the cutting edge of doing that. and you were also, you department know, did you, you didn't know whether you were actually going to get to see, going to participate. you had trained for this, you're there, you're move ago group that does this, but there's this whole thing about what do we do, we have women in our unit? talk a little bit about that because it's sort of a theme going through the book. >> guest: yeah, you know, okay. well, first of all, i joined the marine corpses during peacetime, so there was certainly understanding that i would never really go to combat according to what i had heard from the recruiters and other people that, oh, yeah, you're going to say the oath, but, you know, in all honesty you're going to be in some support unit. but when i said the oath, i really took that seriously, and i thought, well, you know, if i have to go to combat, i said the oath, and i'm going to do my duty and d
you are, basically, you are seeping the big picture -- seeing the big picture of what's going on. that's unusual. you said we'll use it more in the future, but you were on the cutting edge of doing that. and you were also, you department know, did you, you didn't know whether you were actually going to get to see, going to participate. you had trained for this, you're there, you're move ago group that does this, but there's this whole thing about what do we do, we have women in our unit? talk a...
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you are seeing the big picture of what is going on. that is unusual. you are on the cutting edge of doing that, and you were also -- you didn't know, did you? you didn't know whether you are actually going to get to participate. you had trained for this. you were there and loving a group that does this but there is this whole thing about oh my god we have women in our unit. talk a little bit about that because it is sort of a theme going through the book. >> guest: okay first of all, i joined the marine corps during peacetime and so there was sort of the understanding that i would never really go to combat according to what i've heard from the recruiters and other people. oh yeah in all honesty you are going going to be in some support unit. but i really took that seriously and i thought if i have to go to combat, i am going to do my duty and do that. so, calm, when was it? november 2002, my unit starts spinning up with this idea we are going to go to iraq. my commanding officer that i mentioned in the book, the story, he pulls the two female officers,
you are seeing the big picture of what is going on. that is unusual. you are on the cutting edge of doing that, and you were also -- you didn't know, did you? you didn't know whether you are actually going to get to participate. you had trained for this. you were there and loving a group that does this but there is this whole thing about oh my god we have women in our unit. talk a little bit about that because it is sort of a theme going through the book. >> guest: okay first of all, i...
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you were basically seeing the big picture of what's going on. that's unusual. we use it more, we will use it more in the future, but you were on the cutting edge of doing that, and you didn't know, did you? you didn't know if you were going to get to see and produce pete -- you trade for this, you're there and moving a group that does this, but there's this whole thing about what do we do, we have women in the unit comes atop a little bit about that because it is a theme going through the book. >> guest: first all i joined the marine corps during peacetime and so there was certainly the understanding that i would never go to combat according to what i had heard from the recruiters and of the people that you are going to save the oats, but in all honesty your going to be in some support unit and when i said the notes i took that seriously, and i thought if i have to go to combat a said the oath and i'm going to do my duty and to that so come november, 22, my unit starts coming up with this idea we are going to go to iraq and my commanding officer i mentioned in
you were basically seeing the big picture of what's going on. that's unusual. we use it more, we will use it more in the future, but you were on the cutting edge of doing that, and you didn't know, did you? you didn't know if you were going to get to see and produce pete -- you trade for this, you're there and moving a group that does this, but there's this whole thing about what do we do, we have women in the unit comes atop a little bit about that because it is a theme going through the book....
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no big deal. folks in florida, folks in new orleans, folks in biloxi, the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long now your ready? qaeda one you all to become sick and think about it all the time, but my challenge to you is this. think about the risk wherever you live, or every worker and how prepared you are to deal with that risk? i know in washington the first spot is the biggest risk is a terrorist incident. how many of you were here on september 11? how was it, but i heard the stories about people trying to get from this area across the bridges. some people trying to get to the plane and it's taking them eight or ten hours. he didn't have to be september 11th. dirty bomb, some guy that has just given away too long and takes out a substation. happens to be just the right substation. a blackout in of three your four. it was a squirrel or something that took it out. all it has to be. everybody thinks about that, fema which owns no planes, trains or automobi
no big deal. folks in florida, folks in new orleans, folks in biloxi, the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long now your ready? qaeda one you all to become sick and think about it all the time, but my challenge to you is this. think about the risk wherever you live, or every worker and how prepared you are to deal with that risk? i know in washington the first spot is the biggest risk is a terrorist incident. how many of you were here on september 11?...
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no big deal. ask the folks in florida, ask the folks in new orleans. ask the folks in gulfport, biloxi, people in california where the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long are you ready? i don't want y'all to become sicko like me and think about it all the time. my challenge to is this: think about the risk wherever you live and work. how prepared are you to deal with that risk? it doesn't have to be -- i know in washington the first thought is the biggest risk is terrorists. how many were here on 9/11? i wasn't. i heard the stories from people trying to get from their area just to get across the bridges. trying to get to mcclane. you didn't have to be at 9/11. it could have been a dirty bomb, some guy at 495 that has driven too long and taking out a substation. and the black out in '03 or '04 where it was a squirrel that took it out. all it has to be. everything thinks that, though fema, which owns no planes, trains, or automobiles, that the dhs will be there in a new york minute. there are 300 plus million p
no big deal. ask the folks in florida, ask the folks in new orleans. ask the folks in gulfport, biloxi, people in california where the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long are you ready? i don't want y'all to become sicko like me and think about it all the time. my challenge to is this: think about the risk wherever you live and work. how prepared are you to deal with that risk? it doesn't have to be -- i know in washington the first thought is the...
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it is also shining a light independent bookstores were greatly impacted by the rise of big bucks superstores so it would be interesting to see what they could do not just as borders retracts fifth and closes up shops as barnes & noble transitions into a digital format. >> what is the fiscal health of barnes & noble? >> that is in an interesting spot. record sales but because they spend so much money in terms of developing the know quote wind and the digital business they had to suspend the dividend for the last two quarters. wall street has not been entirely happy about this. there were also in the process of trying to sell themselves as of one year-ago in in early may, liberty media which is owned by john malone put in of bid at $17 a share and that is considered in the company is doing to diligence but it remains to be seen there are some favorable signs and also spoken highly of each other in the media, at this point*, perhaps not of up in the air but hardly a done deal. >> tell us about the publishers marketplace and if people want to follow you? >> i am a news editor for publishers mark
it is also shining a light independent bookstores were greatly impacted by the rise of big bucks superstores so it would be interesting to see what they could do not just as borders retracts fifth and closes up shops as barnes & noble transitions into a digital format. >> what is the fiscal health of barnes & noble? >> that is in an interesting spot. record sales but because they spend so much money in terms of developing the know quote wind and the digital business they had...
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complex of building, helping, developing projects that's going on that really are designed to be one big branch stray teemingic thing wherever you look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state wherever they look, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have strong systems and things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground when i travel often to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an up credibly well-led military, but in the end that's not enough to substitute for the poor government there is and the institutions provide, and it's like, you know, we're pushing this rock uphill and we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree and it's hard to find anybody to defend president karzai's government. >> guest: that's true too. it brings us back to democratization and that proc
complex of building, helping, developing projects that's going on that really are designed to be one big branch stray teemingic thing wherever you look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state wherever they look, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have...
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but of course in the conflict of building, helping, developing projects going on designed to do one big strategic thing wherever you look in the middle east and that is to shore up the strength and responsiveness of the state's wherever we look whether it's iraq or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail, the idea of the two-stage solution for israel and palestine or all within the concept of the system and if we don't have strong response things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground and a travel to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military you have an incredibly confident will lead military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the government's of the afghan states and institutions provide and and pushing we just never quite get there. it's hard to find anybody -- >> guest: that's true, too. this brings us back to something like democratization and the culture in their view is going to be something where the people will have a way if you change those that are going to run their government. this is somethi
but of course in the conflict of building, helping, developing projects going on designed to do one big strategic thing wherever you look in the middle east and that is to shore up the strength and responsiveness of the state's wherever we look whether it's iraq or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail, the idea of the two-stage solution for israel and palestine or all within the concept of the system and if we don't have strong response things are going in the wrong...
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was doing wrong, often by not having a big enough government. the obama administration response to this i thought was fascinating. a prominent response, so unfair for the u.n. to say that the u.s. is systematically violating u.s. rights because last year we passed obama care and took a giant stride toward recognizing our international human rights obligations in health care. this falls into the category of reassurances that leave me less reassured. i find it bothersome. i think that would have been an additional reason to vote against it. people that are you publicly it it was required for international human rights obligations. and similarly in the controversy in recent weeks and wisconsin i wish i had a dollar for every time that someone has argued that what governor walker did in repealing some of the old publication rights actually was a violation of international human rights. vary widely argued in litigation. so there is a pattern here. much as it was a priest in the 1970's. the u.s. constitution required to properly read court enforcement
was doing wrong, often by not having a big enough government. the obama administration response to this i thought was fascinating. a prominent response, so unfair for the u.n. to say that the u.s. is systematically violating u.s. rights because last year we passed obama care and took a giant stride toward recognizing our international human rights obligations in health care. this falls into the category of reassurances that leave me less reassured. i find it bothersome. i think that would have...
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the middle of a huge complex, building, helping, developing projects that really is designed to one big grand strategic thing. were every look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state. wherever we are looking whether it is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't have strong response of state. things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground, and i travel often to afghanistan, is to be honest, with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an incredibly confident and well led military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the governance that the afghans and institutions provide. and so it's like, you know, pushing a rock up a hill. we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree. it's hard to find anybody, -- >> guest: that is true. but good governance brings us back to something like democratization. so
the middle of a huge complex, building, helping, developing projects that really is designed to one big grand strategic thing. were every look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state. wherever we are looking whether it is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't...
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>> well, i think the, of course, the big case in the 20th century was brown v. board of education, you know, where the supreme court struck down the separate but equal clause, you know? and the dred scott decision, you know, which had in 1896 had laid out the legal basis for racial discrimination and racial segregation in america. the separate but equal doctrine in which all walks of our american life was racially segregated, you know, based on the notion that the legal fiction that blacks are inferior and that they're separate -- their separate treatment by the law, you know, doesn't really stamp a badge of inferiority on them. that was discarded, that skeletal rell of our society -- principle of our society upon which our entire economy was based; our housing, our mix education was discarded by the supreme court in 1955 by the brown case. and it changed the face of america, and it paved the way for the election of our, you know, first black president, president obama. and we have similar kinds of cases that plague native america, the johnson very mcintosh spri
>> well, i think the, of course, the big case in the 20th century was brown v. board of education, you know, where the supreme court struck down the separate but equal clause, you know? and the dred scott decision, you know, which had in 1896 had laid out the legal basis for racial discrimination and racial segregation in america. the separate but equal doctrine in which all walks of our american life was racially segregated, you know, based on the notion that the legal fiction that...
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there was a big part of his persona. he wrote poetry. he was always described in personal dealings with him as generally considered far from as screen. not a pleasant person. is not a pleasant person to be a round ball. much more rigid, much more didactic. mind you, we're talking about the characters, somebody who planned to 9/11. that didn't want to push that went too far. in portraying osama bin laden it was important to get him right in see him as his acolyte who is going to put his life on the line for this plot would see him as an inspirational figure. that only makes sense because you're not seeing him when you are the reader. you aren't seeing him through the americans what do you been seeing it to the point of view of someone who is actually experiencing and has been inspired by him. you want to understand how that could possibly be. >> one of the things your characters from the west german least seven common is that they are having to use different identities. he has to change its name. the characters are having to impose differ
there was a big part of his persona. he wrote poetry. he was always described in personal dealings with him as generally considered far from as screen. not a pleasant person. is not a pleasant person to be a round ball. much more rigid, much more didactic. mind you, we're talking about the characters, somebody who planned to 9/11. that didn't want to push that went too far. in portraying osama bin laden it was important to get him right in see him as his acolyte who is going to put his life on...
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it was a big thing. again, lots of advantages. it's cool to have interlibrary loans the way you couldn't with an old library card, but this is an old thought. for us the challenge is how do we surprise people when they are going to buy books? that is something we have to solve or the market is going to be narrow, narrow, narrow for the same things we talk about. the one last example is the long tail argument. because of inventory, you know, everything can be found. there's truth to that, but in the movie business ten years ago, they thought that would lead to independent films, but it's been the opposite. you have the big comedies, the independent film market has effectively died in america. i don't think it's an era where people find everything. in fact, there's great tendency for the big block buster stuff to be stronger and stronger and stronger. we look for help in how to break that and small bookstores are a way, but not the only way, and there's issues there too. >> thanks, geoff. >> next panelist is from a bookstore, he's f
it was a big thing. again, lots of advantages. it's cool to have interlibrary loans the way you couldn't with an old library card, but this is an old thought. for us the challenge is how do we surprise people when they are going to buy books? that is something we have to solve or the market is going to be narrow, narrow, narrow for the same things we talk about. the one last example is the long tail argument. because of inventory, you know, everything can be found. there's truth to that, but in...
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and although i've seen her once before, the big time i saw her was when i had the first tech writing accident in the my back and was unconscious for a while. as a kid, for chile part of overcoming out with not believing the doctors and a side you should be glad you can walk. you are lucky you weren't dead. oh yeah, sure, but i wanted to do more. we kept going. finally had to go to the chiropractor to find somebody that said maybe exercise is okay. maybe you can try jogging. yeah, maybe you could use that to strength in your back. i latched onto god and that is when i got into dance team chemistry living in the which an escape --a physical escape. i felt great. i got my body back. and then just as you start to feel good, life has a tendency sometimes to thought you back down. it is happening to me. i had some fun times, cheerleading, i'm sure there's not a lot of people out there i would even admit that they were trying to clean if they [laughter] while to us. and you know what, i would have rather two minute track here. i thought a tractor queen is good. i'm queen of the track truce.
and although i've seen her once before, the big time i saw her was when i had the first tech writing accident in the my back and was unconscious for a while. as a kid, for chile part of overcoming out with not believing the doctors and a side you should be glad you can walk. you are lucky you weren't dead. oh yeah, sure, but i wanted to do more. we kept going. finally had to go to the chiropractor to find somebody that said maybe exercise is okay. maybe you can try jogging. yeah, maybe you...
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this big american carrier. guess what? they don't fit on british and french attack aircraft. i was stunned to learn that because i thought, if nothing else, we have been practicing. you know, doing all these things. i'm going to switch gears and go to you, but out tell you, this idea came from, the u.s. navy invited me a couple of years ago to watch carrier operations. i was on board one of our atomic nuclear power carriers. that is somehow fit, how tell you. what they do on those carriers is just out of this world. i was having dinner. on one side of me -- this will be meaningful to the west point cadets, the executive officer pretty much runs his ship. on the other side was the commander of the fighter squadron. i asked -- probably 14 year or 12 year age difference between them. i asked the xl, i said, hey, what do you think about nato. by that time my wife had gone news to me at any dinner party. he gave me this whole picture about how we could never do without it. this is the anchor of western security. over dessert aston exactly the same question to the commander of the
this big american carrier. guess what? they don't fit on british and french attack aircraft. i was stunned to learn that because i thought, if nothing else, we have been practicing. you know, doing all these things. i'm going to switch gears and go to you, but out tell you, this idea came from, the u.s. navy invited me a couple of years ago to watch carrier operations. i was on board one of our atomic nuclear power carriers. that is somehow fit, how tell you. what they do on those carriers is...
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that's a lot of big complicated ideas there but maybe you could unpack that for us 'cause i found that really at the heart of the arguments you're making here. >> this book and some of the others here but the aallowi is perhaps the most comprehensive of intellectuals of the muslim world for taking on this very, very seriously. and they have to have a great deal of respect because they are turning away from it. they are not giving us the easy answers. they are not putting any veils over things. and it really does come down to -- the only way i see it, it's very hard to see true muslims being able to do this. but there are some ideas here that are coming to the floor and i treat these as well that shows some indications that there is in islam, in even traditional islam, there are plenty of places to go in the theology of it where if you want to do it, you can find that -- what you want to do in terms of moving toward a more procedural more modern way can be done -- >> host: it does shrink the role and claims of its vis-a-vis safe. >> guest: the one thing that i think is the key to this a
that's a lot of big complicated ideas there but maybe you could unpack that for us 'cause i found that really at the heart of the arguments you're making here. >> this book and some of the others here but the aallowi is perhaps the most comprehensive of intellectuals of the muslim world for taking on this very, very seriously. and they have to have a great deal of respect because they are turning away from it. they are not giving us the easy answers. they are not putting any veils over...
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the big one was what kind of a book was that i was trying to write? i finally saw the distinction as one between telling a story or describing, explaining and judging. a lot of history in fall describing, explaining and judging of large and complicated things but the things that drew me to history originally and to writing in general was the compelling nature of stories which would take hold of you. you couldn't let them go. i decided that was one wanted to do. the incredible task of interesting characters here many of whom were visible and there were dramatic events taking place. the killing of crazy horse which took place in 1877 in some ways was a minor event but on the other hand it was devastating in its psychological effects on the indians and other indians as well and that is still the case. most americans get through years at a time without thinking of the killing of crazy horse but that is not true. they resent it and they are still -- there are still factions in the tribe that are glad of it. they did what they could to ensure that crazy hor
the big one was what kind of a book was that i was trying to write? i finally saw the distinction as one between telling a story or describing, explaining and judging. a lot of history in fall describing, explaining and judging of large and complicated things but the things that drew me to history originally and to writing in general was the compelling nature of stories which would take hold of you. you couldn't let them go. i decided that was one wanted to do. the incredible task of...
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[laughter] >> and i'll stop there because that was my big step. on being able to stand in front of a group dripping wet, no makeup and what makeup was there was sliding down my face and pulling it doting. and having the electricity go out this morning at 2:00 it's nothing compared to what i've been through in the past. [laughter] >> as miss oklahoma, suddenly you're thrust into the spotlight not only as a representative of the state but as we all know a lot of times with native people, once we're put in the spotlight we're suddenly asked to represent all native people. how did you balance that? i mean, how did you become an advocate for native people but without, you know, taking on that representative of the whole? >> well, i think mainly because i probably never felt really normal. and so i never -- well, really, if you read the book and see how i grew up, it's hard to think of myself being normal. so it's really -- i can't speak for other people because i'm not normal. so i only speak for myself. [laughter] >> but i did -- there were a lot of p
[laughter] >> and i'll stop there because that was my big step. on being able to stand in front of a group dripping wet, no makeup and what makeup was there was sliding down my face and pulling it doting. and having the electricity go out this morning at 2:00 it's nothing compared to what i've been through in the past. [laughter] >> as miss oklahoma, suddenly you're thrust into the spotlight not only as a representative of the state but as we all know a lot of times with native...
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apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week and, certainly, to the exact month the united states military was bombing libya, and the world was wrapped with the detention about a nuclear meltdown at chernobyl. those two things happened almost exactly 25 years ago to the month. so as much of this is pop culture, some of it is very, very real. and what i argue in the book is that the popular culture of the 1980s, the iconography of the 1980s in many ways has inspired the way we hook at real world -- look at real world events and how real world, i guess you would call them actors, behave today. so here are just, again, some examples,
apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week...
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that was a big part of bin laden's persona. he wrote poetry. and he is, he was always described in personal dealings with him as, you know, rather gentle and con said rate -- considerate, far from a screamer. zawahiri, i gather, is not a pleasant person to be around at all. much more rigid, much more didactic, mind you, we're talking about opposing characters who planned 9/11, so i don't want to push that one too far. but i think in portraying bin laden it was important to get him right and see him as his act colite who was going to put his life on the line for this plot would see him, as an inspirational figure. that only makes sense. because you're not seeing him when you're the reader. you're not seeing him through the americans' point of view, you're seeing him from the point of view from someone who's actually been inspired by him, and you want to understand how that could possibly be. >> and one of the things your characters from the west or the middle east have in common is that they're having to use different identities. brooke chandler
that was a big part of bin laden's persona. he wrote poetry. and he is, he was always described in personal dealings with him as, you know, rather gentle and con said rate -- considerate, far from a screamer. zawahiri, i gather, is not a pleasant person to be around at all. much more rigid, much more didactic, mind you, we're talking about opposing characters who planned 9/11, so i don't want to push that one too far. but i think in portraying bin laden it was important to get him right and see...
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given more and more other avatars, the big comedies. the independent film has effectively died in america in terms of released its i don't think we are living in a world where people find everything. in fact, there is great tendency for the big blockbuster stuff to be stronger and stronger and stronger. so we look for help to figure out how to break that and small bookstores are certainly a way but not the only way. there are issues there, too. >> thanks geoff. the next panelist is actually from a bookstore, mark laframboise, who is from politics and prose independent bookstore. i -- is from chicago and has been a bookseller working at in the bookstore since 1991. he began working in a very small store while in graduate school in illinois and eventually became the head buyer and stored manage of the stone lined bookstore in fort collins, colorado, for five years. he has spent the last 13 years as a bookseller at politics and prose, and is on the executive board of the new atlantic independent booksellers association, the regional bookse
given more and more other avatars, the big comedies. the independent film has effectively died in america in terms of released its i don't think we are living in a world where people find everything. in fact, there is great tendency for the big blockbuster stuff to be stronger and stronger and stronger. so we look for help to figure out how to break that and small bookstores are certainly a way but not the only way. there are issues there, too. >> thanks geoff. the next panelist is...
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that's a big leap. >> well, i think that it's not a leap because there was so many great novels written during that era, the scarlett letter, moby dick, walt whitman, but they delight me on a different kind of level. they also move me very, very much i think because they make me think intellectually and philosophically and so forth. people need -- the populis needs emotion, to display it. there's advertising companies that came along in the 1830s -- 1930s that said we have to appropriate the methods of uncle tom's cob bin to sell our products. why? because we have to sway the emotions. you can even see in tv how as try, maybe they don't always succeed for you or for me, but they try to sway the emotion in some way. whatever emotion it may be. it may be sentimental or it may be exciting emotion or something like that, and she has every kind of emotion in there. she was really the first novelist to bring together both, more sentimental, religious emotions with the action adventure, the thrills, and she was the first novelist to successfully bring those two things together, which is why he
that's a big leap. >> well, i think that it's not a leap because there was so many great novels written during that era, the scarlett letter, moby dick, walt whitman, but they delight me on a different kind of level. they also move me very, very much i think because they make me think intellectually and philosophically and so forth. people need -- the populis needs emotion, to display it. there's advertising companies that came along in the 1830s -- 1930s that said we have to appropriate...
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you know how much people hate wall street and big bankers, you know. who are the slave owners? they were the wall street of 1861 in a way. viewed by the common man in the north. if you're plowing their own field, making your living, costly been told about slavery is all good for blacks. i think the average person had a belly full of southern aristocrats. a real bellyful. i think had a lot of pent-up feeling about that. in fact, one southerner made a speech, maybe in congress, i forget, some of you historic may remember this, in which maybe it was fitzhugh or one of those southern writer said the laboring classes with the minefield of humanity. meaning the thing announced where you wipe your boot. it was this idea that southerners, not all southerners because most southerners were average farmers and workers, too. but the leadership of the south, you know, arrogance, putting in the face of the common man. i think they -- they just wanted to with those those. lincoln really appealed to them. lincoln may have been a nobody before he became president. he knew how to reach the commo
you know how much people hate wall street and big bankers, you know. who are the slave owners? they were the wall street of 1861 in a way. viewed by the common man in the north. if you're plowing their own field, making your living, costly been told about slavery is all good for blacks. i think the average person had a belly full of southern aristocrats. a real bellyful. i think had a lot of pent-up feeling about that. in fact, one southerner made a speech, maybe in congress, i forget, some of...
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that's a big leap. >> well, i think that it's not a leap because there were so many great novel written during that era; the starlet letter -- scarlet letter, walt whitman's "leaves of grass," but they delight me on a different kind of level. they also move me very, very much. i think because they make me think intellectually and philosophically and so forth. um, people need, the populace needs emotion to sway it. and, um, there's an ad agency that's now called jwt, it was called john walter thompson. they came along in do 1930s -- in the 1930s and said we had to appropriate the methods of "uncle tom's cabin "to sell our products. why? [laughter] yeah, why? why? because we have to sway the emotions. and you can even see on tv how as tried -- maybe they don't always succeed for you or for me, but they try to sway the emotion in some way. whatever emotion it may be, it could be sentimental, or it could be an exciting emotion, something like that. and she has every kind of emotion in there. she was really the first novelist to bring together both the more sentimental and religious and dome
that's a big leap. >> well, i think that it's not a leap because there were so many great novel written during that era; the starlet letter -- scarlet letter, walt whitman's "leaves of grass," but they delight me on a different kind of level. they also move me very, very much. i think because they make me think intellectually and philosophically and so forth. um, people need, the populace needs emotion to sway it. and, um, there's an ad agency that's now called jwt, it was...
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i think being muslim is a big part of who he is, and a big part of what makes it challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along because he challenges life, he challenges politics, and people go, oh, yeah, you did great, but he keeps going and challenging, goes to another country. one, he becomes muslim and becomes separate from the people he's around, going to another country, all the sudden becoming different from other americans around him. it seems like he's the life of increased alienation that in a way it's strange that he was killed by african-americans just like gandhi was killed by hindus. >> let you close out the evening and respond to this. just you left? get up there. sorry. i thought there was a whole line. >> i'm a student at the university. my question is because there's been discussion, kind i briefly about black nationalism, and i guess my question is is it possible to have a formulation of black nationalism that addresses the policing that goes on in some of what is referred to as the fascist elements of insular
i think being muslim is a big part of who he is, and a big part of what makes it challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along because he challenges life, he challenges politics, and people go, oh, yeah, you did great, but he keeps going and challenging, goes to another country. one, he becomes muslim and becomes separate from the people he's around, going to another country, all the sudden becoming different from other americans...
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i think being muslim is a big part of who he is and a big part of what makes it him challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along. because, he challenges like. he challenges politics and people go oh yeah you did great but he keeps going and keeps challenging. he goes to another country. becomes muslim man becomes even separate from the people he is around. going to another country although some becoming different from other americans around him. it seems like he has increased alienation that in a way it is strange that he was killed i african-americans just like gandhi was killed by hindus. >> a quick question before we let you close out the evening and respond to all of this. is it just you left? get up there. if it was a whole line. >> i'm a student at tallahassee university. my question is, because there has been discussion briefly about black nationalism and i guess my question is it possible to have a formulation of black nationalism that addresses some of the policing that goes on in some of what is referred to as the fashi
i think being muslim is a big part of who he is and a big part of what makes it him challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along. because, he challenges like. he challenges politics and people go oh yeah you did great but he keeps going and keeps challenging. he goes to another country. becomes muslim man becomes even separate from the people he is around. going to another country although some becoming different from other...